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In this teleseminar discussion with host Stephen Dinan, Garrison ranges from the Socratic method in Greece to the emerging wisdom culture today, looking at the epochal changes in the value landscape that parallel the shifts of the Renaissance. His perspective includes spiritual, sociological, and political dimensions of who we are and where we are headed.

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What would it be like to live in a culture that gives allowance for its people to deeply examine, question, and transform themselves and their lives? Ray and Anderson speak on the value of this threshold time, "the Between," and how it can be integrated into a social existence.

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What would it be like to live in a culture that gives allowance for its people to deeply examine, question, and transform themselves and their lives? Ray and Anderson speak on the value of this threshold time, "the Between," and how it can be integrated into a social existence.

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Philosophical, Psychological, and Spiritual Aspects

In this presentation, Dr. Grof gives a brief presentation of the connections between spirituality, death, and non-ordinary states of consciousness. Through insight and cross-cultural comparisons, he proposes ways in which Western science can transform its definitions of spirituality and death experiences in order to better understand and honor individuals' experiences.

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Philosophical, Psychological, and Spiritual Aspects

In this presentation, Dr. Grof gives a brief presentation of the connections between spirituality, death, and non-ordinary states of consciousness. Through insight and cross-cultural comparisons, he proposes ways in which Western science can transform its definitions of spirituality and death experiences in order to better understand and honor individuals' experiences.

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Dr. Quevedo discusses the integration of cross-cultural traditional healing practices with modern western medicine and the developing interdisciplinary curriculum for a new medical training center in Kenya.

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Anodea Judith is a true pioneer in bringing the Eastern map of the chakras into dialogue and application with Western psychology. In this far-ranging interview, she explores the power of this map to understand personal and collective evolution, as well as the current challenges we face in moving from a third chakra culture based on the “love of power” to a fourth chakra culture based on the “power of love.”

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Author, depth psychologist and ecotherapist, Bill Plotkin explores the needed great shifts on the planet with cultural ecologist, philosopher and spiritual teacher David Abrams. Their in-depth discussion examines our western culture’s disconnect from nature, the consequences of that disconnection and potential solutions to reconnect not only to nature but to our authentic selves.

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Author, depth psychologist and ecotherapist, Bill Plotkin explores the needed great shifts on the planet with cultural ecologist, philosopher and spiritual teacher David Abrams. Their in-depth discussion examines our western culture’s disconnect from nature, the consequences of that disconnection and potential solutions to reconnect not only to nature but to our authentic selves.

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A Return to the Intelligence of the Heart

Pearce explains that beneath our awareness, culture imprints a negative force-field that blocks the natural rise of the spirit toward its innate nature of love and altruism. Further, he identifies religion as the primary cultural force behind this negative imprinting.

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Join consciousness pioneer Stanley Krippner and IONS PresidentMarilyn Schlitz in an exploration of the frontiers of healing and its relationship to cultural contexts. Prof. Krippner is a professor of psychology at Saybrook Graduate School and past president of two divisions of the APA, as well as the author of several books.

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Jeffrey Kripal discusses the realm of the noetic, located somewhere between entertainment and the arts and esotericism. One thing that marks this realm is its resistance to easy dualism. He describes the history of “metaphysical religion” where mind is ultimate in some sense, and it is mind that creates the reality. These concepts are as recent as The Secret and as old as Plato’s Cave, and have never entirely disappeared from the culture.